G02B 21/245
Using auxiliary sources, detectors
Official title: {using auxiliary sources, detectors}
G02B21/245 (Using auxiliary sources, detectors) appears on 359 US grants and 398 published applications in this corpus.
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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- Methods and apparatus for calculating and maintaining an optimal sample position in an interferometric microscope16 Jun 2026US 12,656,594 B2Refeyn Ltd
- Microscopic devices and focusing methods thereof9 Jun 2026US 12,650,586 B2Shanghai Ruiyu Biotech Co., Ltd.
- Flow cell imaging systems and methods, and flow cells and other substrates for use in the same9 Jul 2026US 2026/0194447 A1MGI Tech Co., Ltd.
- Systems and methods for focus correction18 Jun 2026US 2026/0169275 A1
- Automated focusing system for tracking specimen surface with a configurable focus offset4 Jun 2026US 2026/0153718 A1KLA Corporation
- Synchronous modulate, gate and integrate 3d sensor28 May 2026US 2026/0146846 A1Nordson Test and Inspection Americas, Inc.
- Eye tracking21 May 2026US 2026/0140357 A1Carl Zeiss Microscopy GmbH
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- Fully automatic rapid microscope slide scanner312US 6,711,283 B1Aperio Technologies, Inc. · 2004
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- Fully automatic rapid microscope slide scanner130US 6,917,696 B2Aperio Technologies, Inc. · 2005
- System and method for assessing virtual slide image quality91US 7,668,362 B2Aperio Technologies, Inc. · 2010
- Data management in a linear-array-based microscope slide scanner71US 8,094,902 B2Aperio Technologies, Inc. · 2012